Hot as a Handbag in a Can of Mace

I don’t usually post these things, though I often enjoy reading them on others’ blogs. They are like the quizzes in women’s magazines, only interesting. So here’s a good one that I found on The State I’m In, and Brian in turn found it elsewhere:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

“Let’s eat, drink, and be merry. You have cause for celebration.”
“What cause?” he argue. “We had a good relationship before.”
“But not on equal terms. From now on we live like friends, not master and servant.”

Samuel Selvon, Moses Ascending. (Heinemann Caribbean Writers Series, 1975), p.123.

Okay, see that’s why I usually don’t do them. Now I remember: it’s because the thing that comes out is never the interesting part.

But I still want to see yours. Go on! Make me happy!